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Summary

Former vice presidential nominee Tim Walz criticized Trump for economic chaos while taking personal responsibility for the situation during an MSNBC interview.

"We wouldn't be in this mess if we'd have won the election — and we didn't," Walz told Chris Hayes. He called Trump the "worst possible business executive" and praised the Wall Street Journal's editorial criticizing Trump's tariff war.

Walz emphasized Democrats must offer something better, not just criticize Trump. Recently, he acknowledged a leadership void in the Democratic Party and admitted spending too much time combatting Trump's false claims about immigrants.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

So it seems like it's going to come down between Gavin The Transphobe and Tim Walz for 2028, and honestly Tim Walz is who I learn more towards, dude feels like a second coming of Bernie.

Meanwhile Gavin started out in 2025 being the strong man who stared Trump down, but he not only folded, he sold out transpeople.

Anyone who carries water for the "Transpeople are crazy and giving them basic human rights is going too far" is a danger to us all

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

Fucking finally. A Democrat we we can respect, because they don't rely on their role inthe damage.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago

I already had some respect for Walz, and it has now grown by leaps and bounds. While much of the messaging from the democrats seems to contain some level of voter or constituent blaming, Walz is out there taking responsibility.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, I mean the worst Walz did personally was maybe his performance against JD, but that's pretty small compared to a lot of other errors that can be attributed to the collective campaign decisions and DNC as a whole. And yes, Biden. And really, 2020 and 2016. Actually fuck it, compared to all the butterfly effect possibilities, Walz is such a small part of why we're in this mess, lol. I still want the 2000 supreme court to support the Florida recount that actually says Gore won.

Still, kudos for taking responsibility.

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[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago

I blame the DNC and Harris far more than him, he was a relatively minor politician recruited by them pretty late in the game. Everyone was worried he'd be too boring, but despite the background character designation, he still came across better than Harris.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

Clearly he’s a Russian plant. Everyone knows we should only blame voters and never the politicians who lost.

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